THE WILLIAM ARTHUR RUDD MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 326495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust is a grant making charity and the trustees distribute the available income to a wide range of charities in the United Kingdom and a few select ones in Spain.

Objects

MAKING SUCH SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE APPLICATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE AND UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IN EXERCISING THEIR ABSOLUTE AND UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION AS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY HAVE REGARD TO BUT SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY BE BOUND BY THE WISHES OF THE SETTLOR AS EXPRESSED TO THEM FROM TIME TO TIME IN WRITING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,834,716, derived primarily from investment gains and income. It employs no staff and has no fundraising activities, relying instead on investment returns to fund charitable donations and governance costs. The net assets increased significantly during the year due to substantial investment gains.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Ahavni Sarkischair · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID HAMILTON SMYTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT GEORGE MAPLES

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Spain · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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